scholarly journals The South African giraffe Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa: a conservation success story

Oryx ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francois Deacon ◽  
Andy Tutchings
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
National Park ◽  
Total Population ◽  
Private Ownership ◽  
Conservation Priority ◽  
The South ◽  
Success Story ◽  
Giraffa Camelopardalis ◽  
Monitoring And Surveillance ◽  
Privately Owned

AbstractAcross Africa the majority of giraffe species and subspecies are in decline, whereas the South African giraffe Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa remains numerous and widespread throughout southern Africa. By 2013 the number of giraffes in South Africa's Kruger National Park had increased by c. 150% compared to 1979 estimates. An even greater increase occurred on many of the estimated 12,000 privately owned game ranches, indicating that private ownership can help to conserve this subspecies. The estimated total population size in South Africa is 21,053–26,919. The challenge now is to implement monitoring and surveillance of G. camelopardalis giraffa as a conservation priority and to introduce sustainable practices among private owners to increase numbers and genetic variation within in-country subspecies.

scholarly journals A check list of the spider fauna of the Karoo National Park, South Africa (Arachnida: Araneae)

Koedoe ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna S. Dippenaar-Schoeman ◽  
Astri Leroy ◽  
Marie De Jager ◽  
Annette Van den Berg
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
National Survey ◽  
Habitat Preference ◽  
National Park ◽  
Single Species ◽  
Check List ◽  
The South ◽  
Spider Species ◽  
Number Of Species

A check list of the spider species of the Karoo National Park collected over a period of 10 years is presented. Thirty-eight families, represented by 102 genera and 116 species have been collected. Of these species, 76 (66.4 ) were wanderers and 39 (33.6 ) web builders. The Araneidae have the highest number of species (14) followed by the Thomisidae (10) and the Gnaphosidae (8), while 14 families are represented by a single species. Information on spider guilds, their habitat preference and web types is provided. This study forms part of the South African National Survey of Arachnida (SANSA).

scholarly journals The status of rhinoceroses in South African National Parks

Koedoe ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 59 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sam M. Ferreira ◽  
Charlene Bissett ◽  
Carly R. Cowell ◽  
Angela Gaylard ◽  
Cathy Greaver ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
National Parks ◽  
National Park ◽  
Kruger National Park ◽  
The South ◽  
South Central ◽  
The Status ◽  
Annual Population ◽  
Block Based

African rhinoceroses (rhinos) experienced a poaching onslaught since 2008 with the epicentre in South Africa where most of the world’s rhinos occur. South African national parks, under the management of South African National Parks (SANParks), are custodian to 49% of South Africa’s white and 31% of the country’s black rhinos. We collated information on rhino population sizes in seven national parks from 2011 to 2015. We include and report on rhino surveys in Kruger National Park during 2014 and 2015. Southwestern black rhinos increased over the study period, which allows SANParks to achieve its contribution to South Africa’s 2020 target of 260 individuals. South-central black rhinos declined over the study period because of poaching in the Kruger National Park, making it difficult for SANParks to realise a 9% increase per annum for its expected contribution to the South African target of 2800 individuals. For southern white rhinos, SANParks requires 5% annual growth for its contribution to the South African target of 20 400 individuals. To continue to evaluate the achievement of these targets, SANParks needs annual population estimates relying on total counts, mark-recapture techniques and block-based sample counts to track trends in rhino populations. SANParks’ primary challenge in achieving its contribution to South Africa’s rhino conservation targets is associated with curbing poaching in Kruger National Park.Conservation implications: The status and trends of rhino species in SANParks highlight key challenges associated with achieving the national targets of South Africa. Conservation managers will need to improve the protection of southern white rhino, while the Department of Environmental Affairs need to be made aware of the challenges specifically associated with not achieving targets for south-central black rhino. Outcomes for south-western black rhino have already realised and the good conservation efforts should continue.

scholarly journals Occurrence of redwing Warbler Heliolais Erythroptera and some other observations from the Northern Kruger National Park

Koedoe ◽  
1981 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
P Ie S Milstein ◽  
Davidine A Milstein
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
National Park ◽  
Bird Species ◽  
Kruger National Park ◽  
The South ◽  
Extended Range

Some ornithological observations made during a brief visit to the unique Punda Maria @ Pafuri area of the Kruger National Park, Republic of South Africa, include confirmation of the Redwing Warbler Heliolais erythroptera as an addition to the South African list, Forest Weaver Symplectes (Ploceus) bicolor and Bully Canary Serinus sulphuratus previously unrecorded from the Park, confirmation of the occurrence of Lesser Barred Warbler Camaroptera stierlingi, Purple- banded Sunbird Nectarinia bifasciata and Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis, and records involving the extended range or seasonal occur- rence of other bird species.

scholarly journals A check list of the spiders of the Kruger National Park, South Africa (Arachnida: Araneae)

Koedoe ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
A.S. Dippenaar-Schoeman ◽  
A. Leroy
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Protected Areas ◽  
South African ◽  
National Survey ◽  
National Park ◽  
New Records ◽  
Kruger National Park ◽  
Check List ◽  
The South ◽  
Free Living

As part of the South African National Survey of Arachnida (SANSA), projects are underway to determine the biodiversity of arachnids present in protected areas in South Africa. Spiders have been collected over a period of 16 years from the Kruger National Park, South Africa. A check list is provided consisting of 152 species, 116 genera and 40 families. This represents about 7.6 % of the total known South African spider fauna. Of the 152 species, 103 are new records for the park. The ground dwelling spiders comprise 58 species from 25 families. Of these, 21 % are web dwellers and 62 % free living, while 17 % live in burrows. From the plant layer, 94 species have been collected of which 53 % were web builders and 47 % free living wandering spiders.

Lesotho

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marius Schneider ◽  
Vanessa Ferguson
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Exchange Rate ◽  
South African ◽  
Total Population ◽  
Capital City ◽  
The South ◽  
British Colony ◽  
Growing Economy ◽  
The City ◽  
South African Rand

The Kingdom of Lesotho is a landlocked country within the borders of South Africa. Lesotho, previously known as Basutoland, was a British colony from 1959 until it gained its independence from Britain on 4 October 1966, after which it became formally known as The Kingdom of Lesotho. Lesotho covers an area of 30,355 square kilometres (km), with a total population of 2,285,604. The capital city is Maseru, which lies directly on the border with South Africa, with a population of 330,760. Maseru has a rapidly growing economy as a result of industrial trade, foreign and local investment in the city. Other main cities, although substantially smaller than Maseru include Teyateyaneng, Mafetang, and Hlotse. The working week is from Monday to Friday from 0900 to 1245 and from 1400 until 1630. The currency in Lesotho is the Maloti (M), which is used alongside the South African rand (ZAR), with the Maloti currently being at the same exchange rate to the South African rand.

scholarly journals A METHODOLOGY FOR EXAMINING GEOTOURISM POTENTIAL AT THE KRUGER NATIONAL PARK, SOUTH AFRICA

2021 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 209-217
Author(s):  
Khoḓani MATSHUSA ◽  
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Peta THOMAS ◽  
Llewellyn LEONARD ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
National Parks ◽  
National Park ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Kruger National Park ◽  
National Database ◽  
The South ◽  
Ecological Sensitivity ◽  
Field Methodology

In contrast to Europe, Asia and South America where geotourism is actively pursued, geotourism activities in South Africa have not to-date been a focus of tourism products. The purpose of this paper is to propose a field methodology that can be used to assess the potential for geotourism development. Existing procedures to establish geotourism site potential are reviewed and a new methodology that accounts for more characteristics than currently found in documented methods is proposed. This consists of three phases: creating a standardised manner of inventorying the sites; standardising field rank scoring for each site by geotourism value, cultural value, ecological sensitivity, accessibility, de velopment requirements, currently available academic literature, and, developing a final multi-site database assisting the South African National Parks to preserve geoheritage sites. Based on previous studies, the Kruger National Park has geoheritage sites that could form the basis for geotourism development: therefore, the methodology was piloted in its northern regions at well-known geoheritage sites. The findings of this study intend to assist the South African National Parks, local community leaders, the private sector (including existing tour operators) and government departments in achieving a national database of geoheritage sites to ultimately be associated with sustainable tourism activity led by local communities.

Rebuilding the Nation: On Architecture and the Aesthetics of Constitutionalism in South African Literature

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-91
Author(s):  
Elizabeth S. Anker
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
African Literature ◽  
The South ◽  
Success Story ◽  
South African Literature ◽  
Economic Reality ◽  
South African Constitution ◽  
Constitutional Jurisprudence

AbstractThe South African Constitution is widely regarded as one of the world’s most progressive, and this essays looks to a series of novels concerned with the nation’s transition beyond apartheid in order to examine the challenges of transformative constitutionalism. Through readings of Nadine Gordimer’sNone to Accompany Me, Zakes Mda’sWays of Dying, and Ivan Vladislavic’sThe Folly,1it explores the prevalence of the language and imagery of architecture in describing national rebuilding and South African constitutional jurisprudence alike. The essay ultimately argues, however, that the architectural metaphor casts post-apartheid recovery as a success story that belies political and economic reality.

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